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The National Sections of IBBY in Europe present a regularly updated selection of the best books for children in European languages. To access a selection, simply click on the language you're interested in.

Bridging worlds

IBBY Europe also highlights books in the most common languages currently spoken by migrant or refugee children in Europe. These selections were made with the help of local children’s literature specialists. This section will be added to and expanded in the future, and we urge you to contact us if you have suggestions for books to be included in this useful selection.

A selection of100 books for children and young people in Arabic from different countries in the Arab-speaking world is now available in English. The list was originally in French and was collated by the Arab World Reading Committee of the journal Takam Tikou, which brings together professionals from different horizons: the French National Library / IBBY France, the Institute of the Arab world, Libraries of the City of Paris... Organised by genre and in alphabetical order by title in English, this guide also includes a few translations into Arabic of books originally published in different languages, to encourage the building of bridges between languages and cultures. This version in English was made possible through the collaboration between three national sections of the International Board on Books for Young People: IBBY France, IBBY Ireland and IBBY UK, all members of IBBY Europe. The PDF of the version in English can be downloaded here. The pdf of the version in French can be downloaded here.